The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the list of 30 ad-hoc staff of the Commission who took part in Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi state. The affected staff were mainly those posted to the Olamaboro council area of the state by the Commission. They were declared missing around 1:00am on Sunday morning during […]
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has in an early evening statement marked ‘urgent’ called on voters in Kogi state to rise and protect their votes and not to rest on their oars. Conveying a total lack of trust in the security forces, the CUPP urged voters to complete what they started by standing […]
s Not a few residents of Bayelsa state have expressed concern over the alleged unprofessional conduct of the men of the Nigerian Army in the ongoing Bayelsa state governorship election. Beside Governor Seriake Dickson who had earlier raised the alarm over the impunity and brigandage visited on Bayelsans by the Nigerian Army and other security […]
…Accuse Army, Police of sabotaging democracy Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has called for the cancellation of the Bayelsa state governorship election alleging that there were rampant incidents of thuggery, diversion and hijacking of electoral materials. Dickson who voted earlier at Oruware, Polling Unit 005, Toru Orua in Sagbama local government area called for […]
Rampant acts of electoral fraud may be taking place in the ongoing Kogi governorship election as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted the public and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that agents of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are threatening and forcing INEC presiding officers, including […]
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says its operatives will be on ground to monitor the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States today. The commission says it will be looking out for incidents of vote-buying and selling, as well as other corruption-related acts. A statement on the commissions website read: “These […]
A group, YIAGA Africa has listed arms stockpiling, influx of thugs as some of the early warning signs of trouble ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. These, it said, may extensively mar the election. New Telegraph reports that the group which made their fears known Thursday in Yenagoa, the state capital, during a […]
The peace building efforts by stakeholders ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Kogi State has suffered a major set back, as political thugs allegedly belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC) stormed venue of the parley, dragged out the state Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Muktar Atimah and gave him a resounding beating. […]
Two elderly men aged 70 and 50 are presently cooling their heels in Police custody in Kebbi state over the alleged rape of an 11-year-old primary school pupil in Gwandu Council Area of the state. NAN reports that the girl, (name withheld), was lured by the men while at school to an unknown location where […]
“I went there to do my job and I
did it to be best of my knowledge and ability and I came notwithstanding the
tempting offer I refused. I can walk the streets of Imo State including Owerri
with my shoulders high.
“I may not be perfect as a human being but I did not go there to make
him happy. Somebody who offered me up to $2 million to give Certificate of
Return to his nominee but I turned it down.
